Comments on: Retro Gaming Hacks on the Streets of Providence http://www.jepstone.net/blog/2006/07/14/retro-gaming-hacks-on-the-streets-of-providence/ Rants and Raves from Kingston, RI Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:38:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Brian Jepson http://www.jepstone.net/blog/2006/07/14/retro-gaming-hacks-on-the-streets-of-providence/#comment-3886 Brian Jepson Sat, 15 Jul 2006 01:06:08 +0000 http://jepstone.net/blog/?p=540#comment-3886 <p>In this case, it's mostly the classic meaning (one of the many <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/3092">metasyntactic variables</a>). I noticed the other day that someone had hung a sign over the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar">bar that said "Foo???"</a>, and at the geek dinner, someone remarked that they would like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quux#Quux">quux</a> to have some representation at the fest. But that shouldn't suggest that this is an especially geeky event: it's music, games, locally-grown food, and fun (and in fact, the Providence Geeks table was a last-minute idea I had).</p> <p>But there's also a subtle connection to the traditional AS220 yearly event, the <a href="http://www.as220.org/as220/weblog/news/foolsball04">Fools Ball</a>. AS220 doesn't do the Fools Ball any more, but it's in some small way commemorated by the fact that at least three of its letters are still in use :-)</p> In this case, it’s mostly the classic meaning (one of the many metasyntactic variables). I noticed the other day that someone had hung a sign over the bar that said “Foo???”, and at the geek dinner, someone remarked that they would like quux to have some representation at the fest. But that shouldn’t suggest that this is an especially geeky event: it’s music, games, locally-grown food, and fun (and in fact, the Providence Geeks table was a last-minute idea I had).

But there’s also a subtle connection to the traditional AS220 yearly event, the Fools Ball. AS220 doesn’t do the Fools Ball any more, but it’s in some small way commemorated by the fact that at least three of its letters are still in use :-)

]]> By: Brian http://www.jepstone.net/blog/2006/07/14/retro-gaming-hacks-on-the-streets-of-providence/#comment-3885 Brian Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:15:04 +0000 http://jepstone.net/blog/?p=540#comment-3885 Does FOO still stand for Friends of O'Reilly, or does it mean something else for this event? Does FOO still stand for Friends of O’Reilly, or does it mean something else for this event?

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